The World Goes Lady Gaga

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While topping the charts nearly topless, the Grammy-nominated pop star and her creative team at the Haus of Gaga have inspired fans to pick up their glue guns and get creative, riffing on Lady G’s radical style

Full Haus

Gaga fans arrive at the Landmark Theater in Richmond, Va., dressed to the nines and ready to rock.Brandon Wu

Bad Romance

You're nobody till somebody hates you. In the case of Gaga, it's the Rev. Fred Phelps, who added Lady G to his list of sinners in December. One has to wonder what's left for Phelps and his brood to hate ... sequins?Jerod Harris / ZUMA

Let’s Have Some Fun! This Beat Is Sick!

She sang for Queen Elizabeth II, then got Oprah to dance. Six Grammy nominations. Eight million albums sold. It's clear that the world has responded to the call of Gaga. So why not join the fun? Go! Grab your platinum wig, crank the stereo and "Just Dance."Kristian Dowling / Getty

Showing Her Hand

This front-row fan in Richmond spent all day waiting for Gaga, standing outside the venue from 5 a.m. until the doors opened.Brandon Wu

Radio Gaga

Haus-inspired headdresses and disco bras are becoming a wardrobe requirement for any Lady Gaga show. But if an original Nasir Mazhar–designed orbit hat is not in your budget, don't fret! As this concertgoer, above right, proves, all you need is a roll of tinfoil and a little imagination to be totally Gaga.PJ Sykes

Head and Shoulders Above the Rest

In Los Angeles, a visit from the Lady can turn sidewalks into catwalks. In this fantastic fan creation, porcupines meet Native American hair pipes meet drinking straws. Gaga gorgeous!Timothy Norris

Disco Slick

It didn't take long before Gaga went global. In São Paulo, Brazil, clubgoers don Gaga-inspired shoulder pads and face paint for a night of dancing to Haus music.Marcel Badan

Wigging Out

At the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo last August, Gaga heads stuck out in the crowd, their hair bows silhouetted against the stage as they bobbed along to the music.TokyoFashion.com

Monster Mash

Bubble dresses and hair bows may be Gaga's casual Friday, but for the rest of us, Halloween comes but once a year. If you missed your chance in '09 to parade your inner Gaga, don't worry — you still have 10 months to collect all the glitter-encrusted spandex you can find. Or you can save your pennies and borrow Perez Hilton's old costume, above left.Left: Alexandra Wyman / WireImage / Getty; Bobby Bank / WireImage / Getty

My Little Gaga

Just when you thought My Little Pony would be stuck inside the Crystal Rainbow Castle forever, along comes Finnish art student Mari Kasurinen. With a wave of her magic glue stick, she has unlocked MLP's inner diva. Kasurinen's Gaga pony is for sale on her website, marikasurinen.com. Other creations in her stable include My Little Gene Simmons and a bedazzled My Little Elvis.Mari Kasurinen

The Littlest Monsters

Tropical Splash Skipper's got nothing on these Gaga Barbies by Veik, a 29-year-old from Beijing. Veik has acquired a fierce following through his Flickr site, where he posts photographs and DIY demonstrations of his mini-Gagas.Veik

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